New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20

,rad. short rough ANALYSIS Of the questions which
they expected he answered in IT, ana the condtons
10 lie ado their and whittier would take
them I have sometimes tried that studied ana
guarded attention, and have never done 80 withont
advantage; and commend it to Yen. nee1 rot ti'
Won that think that most books worth reading once
are worth Ie1ding tvs ce and the masterpieces OF inter-
ature-and this is o very important fsct-are worth
reading thousand times. IL ia great mistake 10
think that because you have read mas eTpiecr once
or twice. or ten times that You have done win H.
because il /. masterpiece you ought TO live WIN IT,
and make it part OF yopr daily lite. Another nrac CO
which commend TO Vol ia that OF kecninS commoh
place hook aud irnscribiug into it all that ia strk nS
aud interesting abd suggestive, or That seems 10 ~
anywhere. Ana ii You keep u wisely ana wen, ~
Locke has iai.h, ~, VIII put every cp!ry under
head division aud rih'i,vsi"n, which ~ excellent
,r.c,c Tor concentrating yoIr Thoughts tho passage
aud making Vol alive to Its real point and iicane"
We are often asked whether IL Is Dcst To siuty
snbiec:s or author' al books Well. think that IL
Ike most of le s;ock quee ions with Fnich the per
verse ingenuity OF mankind iornsnts itself 1t ~
entirely idle. II soid 10 me that should some
thing on IT, Ny answer is that 1t Il sometimes bcit
t. study hooks. so mctimrs authors AMI sometimes
saL,..,s bat at ill times stady Gah1rs, snbierts
and books in connection WITH ons anoth"r. whether
,ou make your first approach iron interest III an
au;hor or IL n book. the irnit Will be only hait
Gathered II YOU leave oil without new ideas and clearer
lights both uf thc and the matter. One oil the
,oLIcst MASTERPIECES. IA the literature OF civil AID pol
itical wisdom il found in BUIhe's three pieces on the
American war-hi- spe?ch Oh taxation IN lI1, on con
citation in I775, aud his letter TO the Nherlas oil
Drlsto in l777 Con Oniy repeat to yon what nave
been saving n print and out o. it for good many
vears What beIeve more trmy az observation IL
enlarged by tmc and OCCASION, that these three
pccas are the wo,t perfect manual III any literature
Tor the tudv o.. great aa:rs whether Tor the purposn
of knowlcdLe or action. No STUDENT worthy OF the
name will ay nsidc these pieces. so admirable II I'll IT
literary expression, important Tor history - i'
in the le-- ma of civil wIjIum until he has aund out
something from other Sourccs as To the circumstances
from which these pieces arose, ana aS t. the III u
whusc Respondent gcnus inspired them. There are
great persons | Ike iuIkc who march through history
with voices like a c.aion Trumpet aud some hing Ike
,s int.rrssinr IA tLer work. Contact with them
YARNS and kiudc. the mind. and you vii not
he content alter reading orc OF these authors
without knowing tine character ana me personal u,
thc man VIII, conceived The works. and until yoI have
spent an honr or two-aud il will roa long WAY win
i'm Ike still fresh in your mind other compost
tions in 30 iiical literature, over Bacon- ci pieces
or Haciiavel's "Paincc," aud othc-s i'll tie same
order OF thou sht.